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Channel 5
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Channel 5 buys Rookie Blue
Channel 5 has acquired cop procedural Rookie Blue. The Viacom-owned UK free-to-air broadcaster has bought…
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Channel 5 secures Spike miniseries Tut
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Tut, the Ancient Egypt miniseries about boy-king Tutankhamun. Viacom-owned…
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UKTV buys into Secrets and Lies
UK multichannel operator UKTV has acquired ABC Studios mystery drama Secrets and Lies. The 10x60mins…
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Channel 5 made £12.9m loss before Viacom deal
Channel 5 made a £12.9 million (US$20.1 million) loss in its final financial results before…
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‘PSBs investing less in UK content’
Investment in UK-originated content has decreased in recent years, but satisfaction with public service channels…
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Broadcasters buy A Deadly Adoption
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 and France’s TF1 are among the buyers of A Deadly…
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C5 finds Boy with the World’s Biggest Hands
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off documentary about a boy born whose rare…
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New series orders for MTV UK
The UK MTV channel has commissioned three new series and renewed two others. The new…
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UK indie poaches C5 commissioner for reality push
UK-based drama producer Red Planet Pictures has recruited Channel 5 commissioner Simon Raikes to spearhead…
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C5 job losses as Sky and Viacom renew deal
Sky and Viacom International Media Networks have renewed the deal that sees a raft of…